Means for attaching motors to vehicles.



No. 669,65 3. Patented Mar. I2, mm. w. MORSE.

MEANS FOR ATTACHING MOTORS T0 VEHICLES.

(Application filed Oct, 16, 1900.)

INVENTOR William flfjforje, &QM%,

ATTORNEY WILLIAM W. MORSE, OF WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

MEANS ,FOR ATTACHING MOTORS TO VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 669,653, dated March12, 1901.

Application filed October 16, 1900. Serial No. 33,237. (No model.)

To wZZ whom it may concern;

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM W. Mouse, a citizen of the United States,residing at West Orange, Essex county, New Jersey, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Means for Attaching Motors to Vehicles,

of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to automobiles, and particularly to means fordetachably securing the motor to the vehicle.

The main object of my invention is to provide means whereby the motor bywhich the vehicle is driven may be quickly and easily attached to ordetached from the frame of a vehicle, the working position being suchthat the motor may be moved around its support to any desired positionwithout disturbing the operative connection between thepowertransmitting devices.

The device is particularly applicable to bicycles, tricycles, and thelike, and its means of attachment is such that the engine and theattaching means may be manufactured and sold independently. Consequentlyany owner of such a vehicle can at nominal expense purchase the motorand attaching device and apply them to his own wheel irrespective of itsmake.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a motor and the meanswhereby the same may be attached to a bicycle, the rear portion of thebicycle-frame being shown in dotted outline to indicate merely theposition of the same. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a detail ofconstruction, and Fig. 3 is a view of a modification of the geararrangement.

In the drawings, a b are the tubes at the rear portion of a diamondframe, such as is commonly used in bicycles and the like.

These tubes at and I) meet at their rearward extremities in a framewhich commonly supports the axle for the driving-wheel c of a bicycle.Upon this shaft is ordinarily supported a step, too Well known torequire illustration, which is ordinarily a tube screwthreaded at oneend to act as a nut. The connecting means is such that the motor may beattached to either side'of the machine; but the drawing is shown fromthe left-hand side of the machine.

at is a frame carrying the motor-cylinder e and the parts associatedtherewith at one end and a bearingf for a fiy-wheelg atthe opposite end,the fly-wheel being connected with the piston (not shown) in thecylinder 2 in the usual manner.

h is a bracket pivotally adjustable with re spect to the frame d.

t' is an attaching member, preferably screwthreaded and which carriesthe bracket h, which is adapted to be screwed upon oneend of the axlefor the driving-wheel of a bicycle. The center of the attaching device71 is concentric with the pivotal connection between the frame 01 andthe bracket 77..

z is a fastening device adjustable in a slot concentric with i in thebracket 77., adaptable for securing the bracket in the frame d.

j is a gear-wheel, (illustrated in dotted outline,)which gear-wheel issecured to the hub of the wheel 0. This is the only addition to thebicycle that is needed in order to adapt it to receive themotor-attaching means and to enable the motor to be operativelyconnected with the propelling device, and this addition is very easilyeffected by any ordinary mechanic.

It is a gear-wheel carried by the drivingshaft Z, upon which thefly-wheel g is mounted. This gear-wheel k is in mesh either directly orindirectly with the gear 3'. The bracket h is secured at one end to theframe of the bicycle by the attaching device 2', previously referred to,while at its outer end it may be provided with a suitable clutch orfastening device n, which may be fastened to the tube 17.

m is a link attached to the motor at a point sufficiently remote fromthe connection '5 to permit the same to be used effectively as apositioning-bracket whereby the angle of the motor may be varied. Thislink may be secured by means of any suitable fastening device o to therear fork of the bicycle-frame, and the link or may have an elongatedperforation or number of holes 19, whereby it may be adjustably securedto the fork a at any desired position.

q is arod attached to the engine-valve for example, theexhaust-valve-whereby the same is controlled automatically in anywellknown manner.

0 is a bell-crank lever pivoted concontrically between the link m andthe engine.

sis a connecting-rod between one arm of the lever r and the valve-rod q.

tis a lever adjustably mounted upon the top bar a of the bicycle-frameby means of a bracket w is a connecting-rod between the bellcrank leverr and the lever t.

The great advantage of the means for attaching the motor to the bicycleheretofore described is that the motor may be attached to any bicycle byany ordinary user, and no matter what is its angular position withrespect to the frame of the bicycle the power-transmitting gears willalways be in proper relation to each other. In Fig. 1 the engine isshown inclined at an angle considerably out of the vertical; but bysimply loosening the connection between the frame cl and the bracket hand by taking up on the link m the angle may be readily changed. It isnot always necessary to use the rod M, and under such circumstances themotor may be given sufficient stability by the other means. The levertis employed to manually control the valve-rod g. If this rod operate theexhaust-valves, the same may be opened so as to prevent the compressionin the event the engine is a gas-engine, such as indicated by thedrawings. Without compression the ignition will be accom panied bylittle if any propelling power. By making the lever 1" adjustable thesame cooperates with the other brackets in such manner that the angle ofinclination of the engine may be varied as desired, thecontrolling-lever t being always within reach of the rider. This engineis attached, preferably, to a bicycle provided with what is commonlyknown as a coaster-brake, a device which enables the rider while ridingto automatically release the cranks from operation, thus allowing thevehicle to proceed under its own inertia or under the propelling powerof the attached motor, the riders feet resting at ease upon the pedals.The pedals may be employed in starting the engine, after which they maybe brought to rest and utilized in controlling the brake in thewell-known manner to slow down the speed of the machine. Inasmuch as theconstruction of the engine forms no part of this invention the same hasnot been shown or described in detail.

The gears instead of being formed of metal may be of any suitablecompositionfor example, fibroid, rawhide, other noiseless material, orthe like.

If it is desired to cut down the propelling speed of the motor, the samemay be effectively done in a simple manner by inserting a speed-reducingpinion x between the gears k andj. This pinion 00 may be carried by asuitable extension y on the frame at.

What I claim is 1. In a motor-attaching device for vehicles, incombination, a bracket attached to the frame of the vehicle at a pointother than the axis of the driving-wheel, a motor attached to saidbracket at a point concentric with the axis of said driving-wlieel andsecured to said bracket said motor being pivotally adjustable withrespect to said bracket by means adjustable in slots concentric with thesaid axis.

2. In a motor-attaching device for vehicles, in combination, a motor, abracket, means for attaching said bracket to a vehicle said bracketbeing slotted on an arc concentric with the axis of the drivingwheel,and means on said motor coacting with the slotted portion of saidbracket for securing said motor to said bracket.

3. In a motor-attaching device for vehicles, in combination, a motor, abracket, means for attaching said bracket to a vehicle said brackethaving segmental slots formed in an arc concentric with the axis of thedriving- Wheel, and means on said motor coacting with the slottedportion of said bracket for securing said motor to said bracket.

4. In a motor-attaching device for vehicles, in combination, a motor, abracket, means for attaching said bracket to a vehicle said brackethaving slots formed in an are concentric with the axis of thedriving-wheel, and bolts coacting with the slotted portion of saidbracket for securing said motor to said bracket.

5. In a motor-attaching device for vehicles in combination, a motor, abracket, an attaching device supporting said bracket said attachingdevice being screw threaded and adapted to engage the threaded axle ofthe vehicle.

6. In a motor-attaching device for vehicles in combination, a motor, abracket, an attaching device supporting said bracket said attachingdevice being screw threaded and adapted to engage the threaded axle ofthe vehicle, said bracket being revolubly mounted upon said attachingdevice.

7. In a motor-attaching device for vehicles in combination, a motor, abracket, an attaching device supporting said bracket said attachingdevice being screwthreaded and adapted to engage the threaded axle ofthe vehicle, said bracket being revolubly mounted upon said attachingdevice, and means to adj ustably secure said bracket to said attachingdevice.

8. In a device of the character described in combination, a motor, avehicle, a valve-rod on said motor, a bell-crank lever pivoted on saidmotor, a link connecting said bell-crank lever and said valve-rod, aconnecting-rod secured at one end to said bell-crank lever and at theother end to an operating-lever mounted upon the frame of a vehicle andslidably adjustable thereon to accommodate the angular position of themotor with respect to the frame of the vehicle.

9. In a device of the character described in combination, a motor, aframe for supporting said motor adj ustably secured at the axis of thedriving-wheel of said vehicle so that the angle of the motor withrespect to the frame may be varied, and means slidably adjustablescrewed onto the axle of a vehicle, a motor mounted on said tube, andadjustable thereon, a bracket attached to the frame of said vehicleadapted to secure the motor in position on the said tube by means ofbolts coacting with slots concentric with the said axle, and a rodattached to the motor for fixing the angle of inclination of the motor.

Signed at New York, N. Y., this 4th day of October, 1900.

WILLIAM W. MORSE.

Witnesses:

ROBT. S. ALLYN, L. VREELAND.

